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Abstract: This collection consists of ephemera and photographs taken by University of California, Irvine anthropology professor emeritus
Frank Cancian from 2009-2011. The photographs, consisting of more than 3000 photographs taken over seventy-five sessions,
document the people, events, and spaces in the Ring Mall on the UC Irvine campus, and were compiled by Cancian into a project
and exhibit entitled "Main Street UCI."

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Frank Cancian, 2012.

Processing History

Processed by Audra Eagle Yun, 2012.

Historical Background

Frank Cancian is an anthropologist, photographer, and professor at the University of California, Irvine. His scholarly interests
have focused on comparative social inequality. He also has worked on issues in economic anthropology, peasant studies and
Mexican studies, as well as documentary and ethnographic photography.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in 2 series:

Series 1. Digital photographs

Series 2. Ephemera and field notes

Scope and Content Summary

This collection consists of ephemera and photographs taken by University of California, Irvine anthropology professor emeritus
Frank Cancian from 2009-2011. The photographs, consisting of more than 3000 photographs taken over seventy-five sessions,
document the people, events, and spaces in the Ring Mall on the UC Irvine campus, and were compiled by Cancian into a project
and exhibit entitled "Main Street UCI."

In February 2009, Cancian stopped in the Ring Mall plaza at UC Irvine to take pictures of a student campaigning for homecoming
queen. Two weeks later, he found traveling evangelists in the plaza and photographed them and the students interacting with
them. Cancian continued to photograph life on the Ring Mall, primarily between the Social Sciences buildings and the Student
Center, until early 2011. The photographs were displayed in exhibitions at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (2011) and the UC Irvine
Student Center (2012) and was curated into four groups: Protests, Along the Street, Play and Performance, and God.

More information about Main Street UCI may be found at http://sites.uci.edu/mainstreetuci/. The digital photographs are available
for research at
UCISpace @ the Libraries .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

University of California, Irvine -- Students..

Students -- California -- Irvine -- Photographs

Students -- California -- Orange County

Digital photographs Series 1.
2009-2011

Physical Description:
3084.0 images.
(3084 digital photographs)

Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of 3083 digital photographs taken over seventy-five sessions, documenting the people, events, and spaces
at the Ring Mall on the UC Irvine campus, compiled by Cancian into a project and exhibit called "Main Street UCI." Main Street
UCI illustrates campus life at UC Irvine, featuring images of protests and demonstrations, vendor activities, religious activities,
food sales, dance and other performances, campus scenes, and organizations.

This file consists primarily of clippings, business cards, postcards, and other ephemera collected by Cancian as he walked
around the Ring Mall on campus at the University of California, Irvine as part of the "Main Street UCI" project. Most of the
ephemera includes handwritten notations by Cancian and one folder includes field notes written by Cancian.

Arrangement

Folders are organized according to a date scheme created by Cancian which correspond to the digital photographs taken during
the project.